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to conduct an investigation, and we know the fbi is conducting an investigation. whether or not this is true, these individuals these libyan officials who claim to have passed this information will be interviewed and ought to be name the individuals they passed the information to so they too can be interviewed. but to bob's point, we absolutely need to understand now what was the security arrangement? what was the people on the ground including the ambassador there understanding of the threat? and what was done about it in advance? >> if there was supposed to be a second hit on a safe house does that to you indicate some sort of involvement of people who have inside the libyan government who have access to information? >> it certainly raises that question anderson. who knew that these people were coming? where the second location was, that there was a convoy on the way there. it certainly sounds from what we know now as though the extremists set up on that location and simply waited for them to arrive and surprised them, ambushed them if you will. >> bob is that s
to conduct an investigation, and we know the fbi is conducting an investigation. whether or not this is true, these individuals these libyan officials who claim to have passed this information will be interviewed and ought to be name the individuals they passed the information to so they too can be interviewed. but to bob's point, we absolutely need to understand now what was the security arrangement? what was the people on the ground including the ambassador there understanding of the threat?...
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what we do know is no fbi agents are in benghazi, according to our reporter. the crime scene remains unprotected and the official line seems to be everything is going fine with the libyan government and the fbi investigation. as we said, new details tonight. national security analyst fran townsend got some of them. so did cnn contributor bob baer. fran is the former white house homeland security advisor. a current member of the cnn's external advisory board, she recently traveled to libya with her employer, mcandrew and forbes. bob is a former cia officer with deep experience in the middle east and arab world. also on the phone from tripoli, cnn's reporter. i'm a little surprised, fran, how th can say -- how they are painting what's happening on the ground in libya, especially based on what you're hearing from sources. >> look, anderson, we have not -- this is not the first international terrorism investigation regrettably going back to the east africa embassy bombings in the late '90s, the "uss cole" in 2000. we understand how to do these. the fbi's got proto
what we do know is no fbi agents are in benghazi, according to our reporter. the crime scene remains unprotected and the official line seems to be everything is going fine with the libyan government and the fbi investigation. as we said, new details tonight. national security analyst fran townsend got some of them. so did cnn contributor bob baer. fran is the former white house homeland security advisor. a current member of the cnn's external advisory board, she recently traveled to libya with...
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why the fbi is asking for help in the case, when we continue. they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ >>> a 360 news and business bulletin. >> the producer linked to the islamic movie has been arrested and being detained without bail. nakoula basseley nakoula is charged with uploading the controversial movie to youtube and violating terms of his probation. he isn't allowed to access computers or the internet without approval of his probation officer. >>> sons of anarchy actor john lewis fell to his death after killing his elderly landlady according to the lapd which is awaiting toxicology test results to see if lewis was on drugs. police will take soil samples from beneath the driveway of a suburban detroit home on friday to see if jimmy hoffa is buried at the site. a tipster
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that same official attributed the fbi's absence from benghazi to security concerns. keeping them honest, though, libya's newly elected prime minister told cnn's arwa damon that investigators had been invited into benghazi and the libyans would provide needed protection. whether or not the libyan government could have delivered on that promise, we'll never know. what we do know is that no fbi agents are in benghazi, according to our reporting, the crime scene remains unprotected and the official line seems to be everything is going fine with the libyan government and the fbi investigation. as we said, new details tonight. national security analyst fran townsend got some of them. so did cnn contributor bob baer. fran, of course, is the former white house homeland security advisor, a current member of the cnn's external advisory board. she recently traveled to libya with her employer, mcandrew and forbes. bob is a former cia officer with deep experience in the middle east and the arab world. also on the phone from tripoli, cnn cnn's jomana karachi. i'm a little surprise
that same official attributed the fbi's absence from benghazi to security concerns. keeping them honest, though, libya's newly elected prime minister told cnn's arwa damon that investigators had been invited into benghazi and the libyans would provide needed protection. whether or not the libyan government could have delivered on that promise, we'll never know. what we do know is that no fbi agents are in benghazi, according to our reporting, the crime scene remains unprotected and the official...
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they will have to squeeze money out of all of those areas, fbi, fema. food assistance, education grants. they will be taking a hatchet and just cutting programs so that they can abide by the law, the law to cut all of these costs. >> those look like the obvious big chunks. when you go to another chunk and that is research and development. can you sort of outline for me what sort of a tipping point is that? >> so a lot of people who follow science and innovation are concerned. if we are going to lead into the next century we have to maintain our innovative edge. the fiscal cliff will mean big cuts to federally funded research. and this is the way one of the industry groups has looked at this. 200,000 job cuts by next year. the cost of gdp could be $860 billion. so what does that mean? how much is that? if you look at the low end of estimates for what the economy will be hurt, how badly hurt by just cuts it is six months of new vehicle perches, two years of airline travel, six years of professional sporting events. that is the impact it would have. that a
they will have to squeeze money out of all of those areas, fbi, fema. food assistance, education grants. they will be taking a hatchet and just cutting programs so that they can abide by the law, the law to cut all of these costs. >> those look like the obvious big chunks. when you go to another chunk and that is research and development. can you sort of outline for me what sort of a tipping point is that? >> so a lot of people who follow science and innovation are concerned. if we...
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military or fbi or other personnel can't do it? >> well, wolf, for one thing, when we go in -- when journalists go in, they don't go in as representatives of the united states government, right? we're media personnel. and there's a certain respect and sort of safety in that. anybody who goes in there representing the united states government is, you know, because it's not just the individual, they are representing our nation. so they are at greate risk. i will tell you th oftentimes in worki with the host country's service, in this case the libyans, we can get direct access. and the fbi investigators i've spoken to have made perfectly clear it's much more effective to be able to be present even if you're doing that interview alongside the host government than to have to do it through passing questions. there's plenty of room for misunderstanding, for a lack of follow-up and information. so it makes for a much more effective investigation if the fbi can get permission to have direct access along with their libyan counterparts. >> fr
military or fbi or other personnel can't do it? >> well, wolf, for one thing, when we go in -- when journalists go in, they don't go in as representatives of the united states government, right? we're media personnel. and there's a certain respect and sort of safety in that. anybody who goes in there representing the united states government is, you know, because it's not just the individual, they are representing our nation. so they are at greate risk. i will tell you th oftentimes in...
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i cannot believe that the fbi is not on the ground yet. >> congressman turner, if fbi investigators have yet to set foot in benghazi, how is their investigation supposed to be kribl? >> obviously it can't be. this goes right to the failure fortunate administration's policies in libya. a year ago, the president spent nearly $1 billion u.s. attacking the gadhafi regime without a stated policy, what we hoped to gain, the geopolitical view of those who might come to power, and the president continues to operate in a -- an area where he has no articulated policy and four americans are dead, ambassador is dead, and the president still has yet to be able to describe what has occurred and really what is the president's policy? why is it that the president is operating a year after attacking libya without a policy? >> time was of the essence given gadhafi's intention to invade benghazi, go house to house and kill them like rats or words to that effect. and you senator jim demint have requested any diplomatic cables that might have come from ambassador chris stevens, what motivated you to make suc
i cannot believe that the fbi is not on the ground yet. >> congressman turner, if fbi investigators have yet to set foot in benghazi, how is their investigation supposed to be kribl? >> obviously it can't be. this goes right to the failure fortunate administration's policies in libya. a year ago, the president spent nearly $1 billion u.s. attacking the gadhafi regime without a stated policy, what we hoped to gain, the geopolitical view of those who might come to power, and the...
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while the fbi made that request to the state department. what we found out today from senior law enforcement officials while the fbi made it to tripoli they have never made it to benghazi. >> they haven't been on the ground in benghazi? >> they have not. it was taking so long to get permission to go to tripoli, the fbi deployed their personnel to a location in the region so they would be closer. they have conducted interviews of the state department and u.s. government personnel who were in libya at the time of the attack. they have gotten as far as tripoli but never gotten to benghazi. they made a request that the crime scene be secured as we know from arwa damon's reporting and other public reporting, the state department, we don't know whether or not the state department put that request to the libyans and whether it was denied or what happened to. what we know for sure is the crime scene was never secured and the senior law enforcement official i spoke to said if we get there now it is not clear it will be of any use to us. the third an
while the fbi made that request to the state department. what we found out today from senior law enforcement officials while the fbi made it to tripoli they have never made it to benghazi. >> they haven't been on the ground in benghazi? >> they have not. it was taking so long to get permission to go to tripoli, the fbi deployed their personnel to a location in the region so they would be closer. they have conducted interviews of the state department and u.s. government personnel who...
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why hasn't the fbi set foot on the crime scene? why was the white house so late in calling it a terrorist attack? why is there so much conflicting information coming in from the obama administration? just yesterday, the secretary of state hillary clinton spoke about an al qaeda group's link to extremists in benghazi specifically and seemed to tie it to the attack on the consulate. let me quote her. quote, for sometime, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb and other groups have launched attacks and kidnappings from noern mali. now with a larger safe haven and increased freedom to maneuver, terrorists are seeking to extend their reach and their networks in multiple directions and they are working with other violent extremists to undermine the democratic transitions under way in north africa as we tragically saw in benghazi. but, but a senior state department official later said mrs. clinton was speaking in more general terms. let me just provide a little context with fran townsend. you're a national security contributor and a member of th
why hasn't the fbi set foot on the crime scene? why was the white house so late in calling it a terrorist attack? why is there so much conflicting information coming in from the obama administration? just yesterday, the secretary of state hillary clinton spoke about an al qaeda group's link to extremists in benghazi specifically and seemed to tie it to the attack on the consulate. let me quote her. quote, for sometime, al qaeda in the islamic maghreb and other groups have launched attacks and...
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an fbi and elite grouch marine headed to libya to track down the killers of our ambassador. rioters claim that a anti-muslim film sparked their anger. i am harris faulkner, now back to huckabee. for all of the head lines you are to go to fox news.com. >> mike: congresswoman, you were critical of obama's actions. let's talk to that. and how do you feel he handled the after math of this situation to concerns that you had a year ago. i said it was wrong per barak obama to come in. and he started bombing libya and gaddafi, no one loved gaddafi and he was neutral and working with us on different issues and now the problem was. we knew we had a lot of al-qaida in libya and recruited to kill our troops in iraq. if you desuppose gaddafi, the question is who is next? who will take over. that's the problem that we are seeing in libya? it is complete lawlessness in a break down of society and a lot of weapons that went missing when gaddafi was desupposed and a lot of those weapons are now in the middle east. >> mike: one of the people killed hours before he was killed, he said we are f
an fbi and elite grouch marine headed to libya to track down the killers of our ambassador. rioters claim that a anti-muslim film sparked their anger. i am harris faulkner, now back to huckabee. for all of the head lines you are to go to fox news.com. >> mike: congresswoman, you were critical of obama's actions. let's talk to that. and how do you feel he handled the after math of this situation to concerns that you had a year ago. i said it was wrong per barak obama to come in. and he...
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. >> reporter: the fbi is leading the investigation. their team now on the ground in libya responsible for collecting the evidence intended to help whittle down that suspect list. >> we are conducting interviews, gathering evidence and trying to sort out the facts working with our partners both from a criminal standpoint as well as in the intelligence community to try to determine exactly what took place on the ground that evening. >> reporter: there are significant challenges facing u.s. investigators and the intelligence community. for one, getting a level of granularity that will allow them to identify individuals and their associations with various groups. another challenge, sifting through whatever information or evidence was left behind at a crime scene that was never really secured. all against a backdrop of concern for the investigators' safety. >> the fbi has a track record of being able to go into these places that are volatile and be able to put together a criminal case. we've done it in yemen with the coal bombing. we did it
. >> reporter: the fbi is leading the investigation. their team now on the ground in libya responsible for collecting the evidence intended to help whittle down that suspect list. >> we are conducting interviews, gathering evidence and trying to sort out the facts working with our partners both from a criminal standpoint as well as in the intelligence community to try to determine exactly what took place on the ground that evening. >> reporter: there are significant challenges...
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. >> reporter: the fbi has sent a team to libya to investigate the attack alongside local authorities to examine the possibility of al qaeda or other terrorist groups involvement. a high ranking u.s. official has characterized the attack as elaborate. the assault fell on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the u.s. president barack obama reacted sharply. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> reporter: during a phone kwacall with the president of libya, obama asked libyan authorities to secure the safety of u.s. embassy staff. they confirmed they will cooperate to identify the assailants and bring them to justice. at the same time the obama administration is apparently trying to show consideration for protesters in the arab world. the president criticized the american made film that angered many muslims. the chairman of the u.s. joint chiefs of staffs made a phone call to a christian pastor who expressed his support fo
. >> reporter: the fbi has sent a team to libya to investigate the attack alongside local authorities to examine the possibility of al qaeda or other terrorist groups involvement. a high ranking u.s. official has characterized the attack as elaborate. the assault fell on the 11th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the u.s. president barack obama reacted sharply. >> the united states condemns in the strongest terms this outrageous and shocking attack. we will work with the...
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and fbi sighting national security concerns. ablu says they want to know what is contained in the document that's they did not release. >> there is a second person in contra costa county contracted west nile virus. officials say a woman began showing symptoms in august. the first case this year was reported in a woman from central contra costa this week and there are boblg that are recovering. >> and if you're flying there could be flight delays this weekend at san francisco international airport. one runway sk shut down for safety improves and there is one shut down beginning tonight and lasts until monday. >> transportation officials are finalizing plans to close san mateo bridge two weekends to fix a cracked beam. and they say this will be in a section retro fitted. steel place were welded on as a temporary fix. >> iphone 5 fever is now in full swing. it's madness out there. there is now a two to three week wait for the new phone. >> meaning preorders are sold out, but at and t, very on and sprint are saying they'll ship by s
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so if the fbi or authorities were aware of a specific attack in a specific facility by a specific group, they'd get them. they'd stop it. >> we should say this type of advisory is not intended to go public. it's meant for state and local law enforcement. but often finds its way into the hands of the news media, us. an fbi official told cnn we routinely provide information about ongoing incidents to partners for situational awareness. so they just want them to know what could happen, wolf. >> covering their bases to a certain degree. want to make sure people are alert to the potential for problems. >> because you never know. >> obviously. thanks very much. >>> so why did a warning go out to u.s. diplomats in egypt but not to u.s. diplomats in libya? our national security contributor fran townsend is standing by. she'll join us next. tools, people making stuff. companies have to invest in making things. infrastructure, construction, production. we need it now more than ever. chevron's putting more than $8 billion dollars back in the u.s. economy this year. in pipes, cement, steel, jobs, e
so if the fbi or authorities were aware of a specific attack in a specific facility by a specific group, they'd get them. they'd stop it. >> we should say this type of advisory is not intended to go public. it's meant for state and local law enforcement. but often finds its way into the hands of the news media, us. an fbi official told cnn we routinely provide information about ongoing incidents to partners for situational awareness. so they just want them to know what could happen, wolf....
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the fbi is also investigating. as we said at the top of the program, american warships armed with cruise missile s have begun steaming closer to libya. a marine unit is headed to tripoli to protect the embassy there and other forces may be called to beef up the protection forces there. >> we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i have directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world, and make no mistake, we will work with the libyan government to bring to justice the killers who attacked our people. >> well, later today after that news," president obama also had speech on "the cbs evening news," president obama also had sharp words for mitt romney, who's come under fire from democrats and some republicans for his statements lashing out at the obama administration's response to the attacks in benghazi and cairo. statements that whatever you believe about american foreign policy are simply not factual. we'll get to the battle over that in a moment. f
the fbi is also investigating. as we said at the top of the program, american warships armed with cruise missile s have begun steaming closer to libya. a marine unit is headed to tripoli to protect the embassy there and other forces may be called to beef up the protection forces there. >> we're working with the government of libya to secure our diplomats. i have directed my administration to increase our security at diplomatic posts around the world, and make no mistake, we will work with...
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but what is the fbi going to do there? first of all, you have a so-called crime scene which is really the scene of an act of war that has been completely contaminated. the site has been overrun. and even if they were to find the people that are responsible and those kinds of investigations can take years, bob muller the director of the fbi and i worked together on pan am 1 o 3. that investigation took years to piece together responsibility to prove somebody guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. >> judge jeanine: maybe that does fit into the white house narrative if you do an investigation that takes years we don't have to declare an act of war or admit that it was what it was. what say you, christian? >> i think that is right. this white house wants to do anything to distract from the fact that their foreign policy is basically a failure. going back to the early days of the obama administration. we heard this from the national security council staffers thought that obama was an international figure and he was going to transfor
but what is the fbi going to do there? first of all, you have a so-called crime scene which is really the scene of an act of war that has been completely contaminated. the site has been overrun. and even if they were to find the people that are responsible and those kinds of investigations can take years, bob muller the director of the fbi and i worked together on pan am 1 o 3. that investigation took years to piece together responsibility to prove somebody guilty beyond a reasonable doubt....
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the fbi couldn't get in because of security conditions. u.s. personnel, nonessential personnel had been sent home. there were fewer to do that. but the fbi, frankly, once they opened an investigation, ordinarily should have and may have, we don't know, but should have coordinated with their u.s. government agency counterparts. if they couldn't secure it, you ask the host government. if the host government is incapable, we did fly in additional marines to guard the embassy in tripoli. was there military u.s. personnel available to help secure it. obviously that didn't happen. it's one of those unanswered questions we don't know but what we do know is the consequences of failing to secure the crime scene absolutely will call into question the integrity of the information that's gathered there. >> bob, what does this say to you, that this site was not secured? >> anderson, i think the whole thing's just outrageous. i completely agree with fran. look, that consulate was overrun and we don't even begino understand what was lost there. we've lost cry
the fbi couldn't get in because of security conditions. u.s. personnel, nonessential personnel had been sent home. there were fewer to do that. but the fbi, frankly, once they opened an investigation, ordinarily should have and may have, we don't know, but should have coordinated with their u.s. government agency counterparts. if they couldn't secure it, you ask the host government. if the host government is incapable, we did fly in additional marines to guard the embassy in tripoli. was there...
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>> reporter: well, the fbi is expected to arrive, as you know, randi, in libya today. they are trying to keep somewhat of a low profile because their presence there is a sensitive one. we do know from a source with knowledge of the investigation that agents have been conducting interviews outside the country trying to gather as much information as they can about what happened in benghazi. investigators also plan to gather information on those people who are arrested by libyan authorities. now the libyan authorities have already come out and said that they don't believe those people who are custody had any direct knowledge or direct contact with the people who had carried this out, but they are trying to figure out exactly where that leads by gathering background information on those people. >> and what is the intelligence on this so far here in the u.s.? i mean, did the u.s. know anything at all ahead of time? wasn't there some type of warning that went out? >> yeah. there's a little bit of monday morning quarterbacking going on, with all of the intelligence that's com
>> reporter: well, the fbi is expected to arrive, as you know, randi, in libya today. they are trying to keep somewhat of a low profile because their presence there is a sensitive one. we do know from a source with knowledge of the investigation that agents have been conducting interviews outside the country trying to gather as much information as they can about what happened in benghazi. investigators also plan to gather information on those people who are arrested by libyan authorities....
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a senior law enforcement official, telling fran townsend, the fbi wanted the u.s. military to provide perimeter support in benghazi, protection in other words, but that request was not granted. fran is a former white house homeland security adviser, served in the george w. bush administration. sits on the cia external advisory panel and recently visited libya with mcandrews & forbes. and former fbi assistant director tom pointes who has extensive experience in investigating attacks overseas. so there was military protection to go into benghazi, why didn't they get it? >> the answer to the question is not really clear. so it's not unusual, when you want to set up a security perimeter, you may look to the host country. if the host country is unable or unwilling to provide it, we don't know what the answer to that is, you may ask if you think you need it for u.s. military support, but that's got to go through a process. it needs state department and nsc support, the u.s. military would have to make an assessment about how big a security package that would entail and l
a senior law enforcement official, telling fran townsend, the fbi wanted the u.s. military to provide perimeter support in benghazi, protection in other words, but that request was not granted. fran is a former white house homeland security adviser, served in the george w. bush administration. sits on the cia external advisory panel and recently visited libya with mcandrews & forbes. and former fbi assistant director tom pointes who has extensive experience in investigating attacks...